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=head1 NAME
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perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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You can refer to this document in Pod via "L<perlartistic>"
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Or you can see this document by entering "perldoc perlartistic"
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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Perl is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of either:
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a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
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Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any
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later version, or
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b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this Kit.
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This is B<"The Artistic License">.
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It's here so that modules, programs, etc., that want to declare
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this as their distribution license can link to it.
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For the GNU General Public License, see L<perlgpl>.
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=head1 The "Artistic License"
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=head2 Preamble
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The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a
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Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some
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semblance of artistic control over the development of the package,
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while giving the users of the package the right to use and distribute
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the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make
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reasonable modifications.
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=head2 Definitions
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=over
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=item "Package"
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refers to the collection of files distributed by the
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Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files created
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through textual modification.
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=item "Standard Version"
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refers to such a Package if it has not been
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modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of the
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Copyright Holder as specified below.
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=item "Copyright Holder"
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is whoever is named in the copyright or
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copyrights for the package.
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=item "You"
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is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing this Package.
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=item "Reasonable copying fee"
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is whatever you can justify on the basis
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of media cost, duplication charges, time of people involved, and so on.
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(You will not be required to justify it to the Copyright Holder, but
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only to the computing community at large as a market that must bear the
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fee.)
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=item "Freely Available"
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means that no fee is charged for the item
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itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the item. It also
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means that recipients of the item may redistribute it under the same
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conditions they received it.
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=back
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=head2 Conditions
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=over
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=item 1.
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You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the
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Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided that you
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duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers.
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=item 2.
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You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications
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derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright Holder. A Package
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modified in such a way shall still be considered the Standard Version.
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=item 3.
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You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way, provided
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that you insert a prominent notice in each changed file stating how and
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when you changed that file, and provided that you do at least ONE of the
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following:
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=over
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=item a)
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place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them
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Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet or an
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equivalent medium, or placing the modifications on a major archive site
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such as uunet.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include
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your modifications in the Standard Version of the Package.
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=item b)
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use the modified Package only within your corporation or organization.
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=item c)
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rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict with
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standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide a
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separate manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly
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documents how it differs from the Standard Version.
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=item d)
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make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
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=back
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=item 4.
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You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or
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executable form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
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=over
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=item a)
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distribute a Standard Version of the executables and library files,
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together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) on where
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to get the Standard Version.
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=item b)
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accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of the
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Package with your modifications.
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=item c)
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give non-standard executables non-standard names, and clearly
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document the differences in manual pages (or equivalent), together with
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instructions on where to get the Standard Version.
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=item d)
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make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright Holder.
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=back
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=item 5.
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You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this
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Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this
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Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However,
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you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly
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commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software
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distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a
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product of your own. You may embed this Package's interpreter within
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an executable of yours (by linking); this shall be construed as a mere
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form of aggregation, provided that the complete Standard Version of the
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interpreter is so embedded.
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=item 6.
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The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as
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output from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall
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under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whoever generated
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them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this
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Package. If such scripts or library files are aggregated with this
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Package via the so-called "undump" or "unexec" methods of producing a
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binary executable image, then distribution of such an image shall
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neither be construed as a distribution of this Package nor shall it
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fall under the restrictions of Paragraphs 3 and 4, provided that you do
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not represent such an executable image as a Standard Version of this
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Package.
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=item 7.
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C subroutines (or comparably compiled subroutines in other
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languages) supplied by you and linked into this Package in order to
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emulate subroutines and variables of the language defined by this
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Package shall not be considered part of this Package, but are the
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equivalent of input as in Paragraph 6, provided these subroutines do
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not change the language in any way that would cause it to fail the
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regression tests for the language.
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=item 8.
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Aggregation of this Package with a commercial distribution is always
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permitted provided that the use of this Package is embedded; that is,
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when no overt attempt is made to make this Package's interfaces visible
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to the end user of the commercial distribution. Such use shall not be
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construed as a distribution of this Package.
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=item 9.
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The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote
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products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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=item 10.
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THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
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WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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=back
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The End
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=cut
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